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A police officer told a court she was left with ringing in her ear "like a fire alarm going off" after a protester pointed a megaphone at her. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-london-51117451

A man who evaded arrest for eight years after supplying passports to Albanian nationals trying to illegally enter the UK has today been jailed. In early 2011, Lithuanian national Irmantas Zvybas, 30, paid acquaintances up to £800 each to take possession of their legitimate EU passports. He then travelled separately to Italy and France and provided them to Albanian nationals who bore physical similarities to the passport holder. Zybas accompanied those individuals to the UK, but none of his customers were granted entry. In August 2011, officers arrested one of the passport holders Zvybas had paid – a fellow Lithuanian who was later convicted and sentenced to two y…

The NCA has obtained a £1.13 million Account Freezing Order as part of an investigation into a Leeds businessman with suspected links to serious organised criminals. The National Crime Agency has obtained a £1.13 million Account Freezing Order as part of an investigation into a Leeds businessman with suspected links to serious organised criminals. Granted on 9 January at Westminster Magistrates Court, the order concerns an account connected to 500 M Limited – a company linked to businessman Mansoor Mahmood Hussain. The AFO will prevent the dissipation of the money, and enable the NCA to further investigate the funds in order to ascertain whether or not they are deriv…

Nine superbikes capable of reaching 118mph were unveiled today as Scotland Yard’s newest weapon in the war against criminals on mopeds. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/scotland-yard-moped-superbikes-crackdown-a4331416.html

A cyber criminal has today been jailed for nine months for committing offences against the National Lottery, after a National Crime Agency investigation. Anwar Batson, 29, of Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, London, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court after admitting four offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and one fraud charge. In November 2016 the NCA was notified of a cyber attack against customer accounts on the National Lottery – the customer database contained about 9,000,000 records. In July 2018 Daniel Thompson, 27, of Millfield Avenue, Newcastle, and Idris Kayode Akinwunmi, 21, of Kingston Road, Birmingham, were jailed for eight months and four month…

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has published a report after an inspection of how County Lines is dealt with at local, regional and national levels. Responding to the report, the National Crime Agency’s lead for County Lines, Director of Investigations, Nikki Holland, said: “We welcome this report into the national law enforcement response to County Lines. It recognises the strong progress being made by the National County Lines Coordination Centre, jointly run by the National Crime Agency and National Police Chiefs’ Council, to keep the public safe from the criminals exploiting vulnerable people, flooding our communi…

A mother has been jailed for smuggling cannabis into the UK via Edinburgh Airport, the day before her daughter was caught doing exactly the same in Glasgow. Xiaodan Wang, 51, of Duke Street in Glasgow, was arrested in possession of around 10 kilos of cannabis on 30 December 2017, telling National Crime Agency investigators that she did not know the drugs were in the bags she was carrying on a flight from Barcelona. The very next day her daughter Zixian Long, 21, also of Duke Street, was detained by Border Force at Glasgow airport, also in possession of around 10 kilos of cannabis. The sealed packages were identical to those found on Wang at the time of her arrest. Ea…

John Allen is already serving a life sentence for sexually abusing children. Former care home owner John Allen, who is already serving a life sentence for sexually abusing children, has been jailed today for 14 and a half years for additional offences committed over 40 years ago. Allen, 78, of Needham Market, Suffolk, was convicted of seven counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted ####### at Mold Crown Court in December following a six week trial. He was found not guilty of offences relating to three other boys. As part of the same investigation by the National Crime Agency – Operation Pallial – Allen was previously sentenced for 33 offences of child sex…

Reynhard Sinaga: Britain's 'most prolific rapist' jailed for life 6 January 2020 Image copyright Police handout Image caption Reynhard Sinaga filmed himself assaulting unconscious victims at his s…